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Deleting a Comment (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by kamenlady@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm pretty confused about one thing.

When deleting your own comment, there always stays a placeholder in its place. I noticed this with my own and other lemmings posts.

So far so good, but i tried to reply to a deleted comment by another lemming and above the reply box was the full comment the other user deleted.

I mean the full content of the comment that was deleted.

Is this the normal behavior in Lemmy or is it Sync?

I mean, i want my deleted comments to disappear and not just hidden and for everyone available to read.

Please try it out and reply to my deleted comment in this post. Just above the reply textarea you'll see my deleted comment.

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[–] dog@suppo.fi 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Due to the nature of Lemmy, nothing is ever truly deleted as it gets federated across multiple different instances.

It may eventually sync across most.

Deleting tends to only delete it on that instance, hence why when you reply to a deleted one, chances are you see it from your current instance's cache. Or vice versa.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

This makes sense, i wasn't aware of the extended effects of federation.